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Is pcWRT a Skydog router alternative?
Posted on April 10, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.Quite a few people asked whether pcWRT is a Skydog router alternative. To those who don’t know, the Skydog router is (was) a wireless router that helps managing your home network, including parental control features. It started as a successful Kickstarter campaign, and enjoyed a good reputation on Amazon. The company which made Skydog was […]
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Three Essential Requirements for Effective Internet Parental Control
Posted on April 2, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.First of all, Internet parental control is not about prohibiting Internet use or monitoring your kid’s every move on the Internet. It’s not about showing who’s the boss. To achieve its goal, Internet parental control should facilitate the productive use of the Internet while avoiding the dangers that might be harmful to your children. Tools […]
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The Origins of pcWRT
Posted on March 26, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Router, WiFi.My first wireless router was a Belkin with 2MB flash and 8MB RAM. It was the cheapest among all 54G routers in the store. Since none of the products advertised CPU, ROM and RAM sizes, etc., and all of them were labeled 54G, why shouldn’t I choose the cheapest? In retrospect, that may or may […]
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Does your parental control software work?
Posted on March 23, 2015 by pcwrt in Parental Control, Technology.Many wireless routers ship with some parental control feature. Most of the time, you’ll be asked to enter a list of URLs you want to block, and maybe some time slots during which Internet access is prohibited. While it might be able to block all Internet access for the specified time slots, the URL blocking […]
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